http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128651136&ps=cprs How does /lit/ feel about this? It makes me angry for some reason. I don't know why. If someone could help me out with that then I would be grateful.

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Anonymous Thu Jul 22 00:50:46 2010 No.950074 [Reply] [Original]

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128651136&ps=cprs

How does /lit/ feel about this?

It makes me angry for some reason. I don't know why. If someone could help me out with that then I would be grateful.

>>	Stagolee !0Pey/QLK3E Thu Jul 22 00:53:46 2010 No.950080 >Libraries are green and local. >Libraries will give you things for free. hipsters hipsters everywhere

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 22 00:58:46 2010 No.950095 Since when have cupcakes been a "big pop-culture wave"? I thought they were universal and timeless.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 22 00:59:46 2010 No.950102 >It makes me angry for some reason. I don't know why. Because it's trying to cheapen and degrade the library into a soulless pop-culture icon?

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>>950102
I understand now.

Reminds me of something MLK said.
"Lukewarm acceptance is more bewildering than outright rejection."

People coming in and having this shallow understanding of the books they pick up. It pisses me off. Once something is accepted by the public, it becomes a mindless fad and if you participate in that fad you have to hang out with the lemmings follow the herd. Lemmings are something I loathe with the burning intensity equivalent to fresh lava. I love reading. I can't read in the library any more now because of the people there. I will be forever secluded to the safety of my own home.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 22 01:19:46 2010 No.950189 Fucking hipsters.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 22 01:32:46 2010 No.950227 >>950189 >>950080 What makes this hipster? Let's not just bitch at eachother, I actually want to know.

Anonymous Thu Jul 22 01:39:46 2010 No.950265

>>950227
The word gets thrown around so much that it's nearly useless, but it's actually applicable here. These people are trying to make the library cool, edgy, and "hip", therefore, hipsters. It's a staple of the hipster phenomenon to bring ordinary things (that don't need to be made into a fad) into pop-culture.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 22 01:49:46 2010 No.950317 >>950265 "These people" as in NPR? Wouldn't you say that they are just commenting on trends and pointing out key facts?

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